David Cameron to stand down as an MP – BBC News

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Former UK Prime Minister David Cameron is to stand down as an MP, triggering a by-election in his Oxfordshire seat of Witney.
Mr Cameron, who resigned as prime minister after June’s EU referendum, said he did not want to be a “distraction” for new PM Theresa May.
The 49-year-old said his replacement had “got off to a cracking start”. Mr Cameron, who has represented Witney since 2001, became Conservative leader in 2005 and PM in 2010.